The Greatest Salesmen in the World by og Mandino is a terrific and quick read for anyone. the mantras and daily habits will  if practiced boost anyone’s performance. 

They do it at a reasonable price without using my time and energy. 

This saves you time and energy from not having to worry about partial payment for rent or chasing after a portion of the rent that one tenant may have not paid on time. 

That would save you time, energy, and money if there is enough demand.

You gotta pay your energy/gas bill. 

Our CPA and lender advised us to wait until we file our taxes (2 years running my business + can include rental income) to boost our personal income.

I have dabbled in some crowd funding RE through Fundrise to get more passive RE exposure while I was too busy with personal life to buy my own properties.Day job: Engineer and Project Manager in energy sector.REI interests: To start, SFR and smaller MFR, eventually commercial and who knows?!?

In what ways will that level of income be a drag on your spirit, time, and energy? 

Under the tax code, an individual may deduct up to $25,000 of real estate loss per year as long as their adjusted gross income is $100,000 or lessif you choose to spend more time and energy than it's worth then you could go to small claims court and get a judgement.http://www.ag.state.il.us/cons...My 2 cents.

This can result in increasing fogging, energy costs, and noise.